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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1977
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It’s almost cm Aggie tradition. From the cavern-like confines of
I Sparkey’s to the wide open spaces of the Lakeview Club, Aggies are
| two-stepping their way through college.
And woe betide the Texas ACM graduate who has not once pulled
I on his boots, strapped on a belt with his name on the back and danced
[the night away to the tune of “Cotton-Eyed Joe. ”
But what if you’ve led a sheltered life and can’t make any sense of
tke multitude of couples bobbing and shuffling around the floor?
"The only way you can learn is to jump in ami do it,’’ said one
I snuff-dipping dancer.
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refuses to sit down. And the “Strap-hanger” dances with her fingers
looped through her partner’s back belt loop—a device that supports
her as she whirls about the room.
Dance historians have expended much effort in investigating the
origins of the polka. Some say it was invented by a Bohemian servant
girl named Anna, but Polish and Czech historians both claim the
dance as their own. “Polka in Czech means “Polish girl.”
The schottische is a folk dance that became popular in Poland
during the 1850s. Its motions consist of three steps and a hop, and
dancers need a considerable amount of room to move about. The
schottische bears resemblance to another Texas folk dance, the
Cotton-Eyed Joe.
Here dancers form a line that resembles a wall in a “Red Rover”
game. The Cotton-Eyed Joe song is a swift piece of fiddle-music that
moves faster with every verse. Most of the dance involves skips, hops
and kicks, but toward the end, dancers are struggling to keep their
footing. At the same time, the singer is yelling lyrics like a square
dance caller—asking one question and getting one reply.
“Watchewsay?”
“Buuuuulll shit!!!’ roars the crowd.
The whole C&W scene is somewhat baffling to Terry Leone, who
came to Dallas from Arthur Murray s Fifth Avenue studio in New
York City. The Cotton-Eyed Joe is so popular, he says, that custom
ers ask for lessons in that dance specifically.
“You know what we get a lot of?” he asks. “A lot of ranchers. They
drive in from the suburbs. In New York, our customers arrived in
chauffeured limousines. Here in Texas, they come in pickup trucks
wearing cowboy hats and boots. And you know, they’re just as weal
thy as the ones in limousines.
Know your cowboy
By GLENN A WHITLEY
Cosmic cowboys, rhinestone
cowboys, drugstore cowboys cow
boys, midnight cowboys and the
Dallas Cowboys.
Will the real cowboy please stand
up?
If you’re in doubt, a kicker can
easily be identified by his outfit.
Pearl buttons on Western shirts.
Boot-cut jeans over Tony Lama
boots, held up by a belt with a name
tooled on the back.
And over his close cropped hair
he has to have a Resistol hat or a cap
advertising tractors or seed.
Another important “accessory” is
the “right little Lady.” A Cowgirl is
just as proud of the kicker image and
tradition as her male counterpart.
But she is usually not as easily iden
tified as the cowboy.
Women wear the boots and tight
jeans, but most don’t dip snuff or
wear John Deere caps. And though
country-western singer Dolly Par-
ton is famous for her teased mane of
blonde hair, most cowgirls don’t im
itate it.
Then there are the names: both of
them. Like Jim Bob, Larry Dean,
Betty Lou, and Thelma Liz. Or
nicknames like Buster, Buddy and
Hank.
Other things are optional. Some
have silver snuff can lids, or pocket
watches and hat pins. Some sport
silver rodeo prize belt buckles.
But even if you have all this
paraphrenalia, the “drugstore” or
“city” cowboy can give himself away
because he lacks certain man
nerisms peculiar to kickers.
A few examples. When it’s rain
ing, the kicker tucks one side of his
jeans into his boots. The drugstore
cowboy, not knowing any better,
lets his jeans drag along the ground
tearing the bottoms.
Have you ever seen a kicker with
an umbrella? They always use pon
chos and a rubber covering over his
hat.
The novice turns green during his
first dip of snuff smokeless tobacco.
A peench between yore cheek and
gum gives you real tobacco plea
sure.
The beginner spits it out con
stantly and lets it dribble down his
chin, but the old pro can keep it in
his mouth for hours and hit a spitoon
or cup with deadly accuracy.
A word of caution: Think twice
before drinking out of a cowboy’s "
icokq can. .. ■ -
That is, if he’s drinking coke. A
Lone Star long neck is usually his
preferred beverage.
He does his drinking where the
music is western and “where
honky-tonk women love redneck
A peench between yore cheek and gum gives you real tobacco pleasure.
men.” (Red Stegall)
He gets to the honky-tonk in his
Cowboy Cadillac or pick-up truck,
which is plastered with stickers.
“Cowboys make better lovers. If
you eat, you’re involved in agricul
ture. Lover, fighter, wild bull rider.
Pass with care, driver chewing to
bacco.” /
Inside the cab, a spitoon is in easy
reach on the dash. Curtains and a
gun rack decorate the back window.
But if you don’t have a pick-up,
and you get nauseated at the idea of
dipping snuff, don’t worry. Progress
sive country music has made it
easier. You can grow your hair longj
wear desert boots, and drown in
sangria wine, and still enjoy a few of
the things that make kickerhood
special.
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by Martha Rosson
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